Art Director: From Concept to Frame on Set

POLA Marketing; Covington (LA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

POLA Marketing in Covington, on-site, is seeking an experienced Art Director to transform ideas from concept to finished frame. You’ll lead creative concepts, ensure pitches translate to on-set reality, and craft visuals across social, branded content and campaigns.

This hands-on role blends deck work and on-set dressing, prop and wardrobe direction, with collaboration across producers, editors and directors.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of art direction experience at an agency, production company, brand studio, or as a freelancer.
• Portfolio showing decks and the finished work they became.
• Strong deck design and visual storytelling skills (Figma, Keynote, InDesign, etc.).
• Real on-set experience and ability to solve problems in the moment.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, especially Photoshop.
• Clear communicator who can defend an idea to a client.
• Organized enough to track props, sourcing, and budgets across multiple productions.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative concepts and visual territories for pitches across social, branded content, and campaigns.
• Build and design pitch decks that sell the idea, treatments, mood boards, reference reels, styleframes, and layouts.
• Translate approved concepts into shootable plans: shot lists, look references, prop and set requirements.
• Serve as art director on set for photo and video shoots, set design, dressing, props, color, styling, and framing input with the director and DP.
• Collaborate with producers on art department budgets, sourcing, and rentals.
• Work closely with editors and post to protect the look through delivery.
• Stay current with visual trends to keep work fresh.

Skills

On-set experience

Client communication

Budget tracking

Organized workflow

Visual storytelling

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Figma

Keynote

InDesign

After Effects

Premiere

Job description

POLA Marketing in Covington, on-site, is seeking an experienced Art Director to transform ideas from concept to finished frame. You’ll lead creative concepts, ensure pitches translate to on-set reality, and craft visuals across social, branded content and campaigns.

This hands-on role blends deck work and on-set dressing, prop and wardrobe direction, with collaboration across producers, editors and directors.